Hello. I play as taiji 1 dan on the Kiseido Go Server. I'm writing a series of Go books. These books are growing out of a series of children's classes and are loosely designed as textbooks in that regard. However, you can also use them for self-study.
The first book is almost done, and should serve you well throughout your first three to six months of play.
The book is available for download in eBook form (PDF) on the KGS Beginner's room homepage at: http://holosys.co.uk/beginnersroom/
Click on "Game Files" and my book is listed as the "30k-20k Study Book". See below for mirrors.
EwoutStam: The book is not at a very "printable" size (A4/letter size). The book also has quite a few pages (100+).
I figured out how to make my printer driver squeeze four pages on one sheet of paper. Since the pages were intended to be small, the letters are not too small to read, and the resulting pile of paper isn't too big. I advise anyone who wants to print this out to try messing with their printer driver's properties to save on paper.
pwaldron: The discussion of the AGA komi in the rules section of the book is incorrect, although not terribly. Komi must be an odd number (5.5 or 7.5) to keep the scores derived from area and territory counting methods the same. The 6.5 point komi used in Japan can cause problems under the AGA rules.